Read at Glenn McConnell’s funeral
HOW DO I REMEMBER GLENN?DOWN AT THE LUMBER YARD
I REALLY CAN’T REMEMBER WHEN
I’VE SEEN A FELLOW WORK SO HARD
HE’D TALK TO…
I BOUGHT A CARD FOR YOU TODAY
BUT THERE’S NO WAY A CARD CAN SAY
THE LOVE MY HEART HOLDS FOR YOU
ON THIS ANNIVERSARY FORTY TWO
IT CAN’T DESCRIBE THE…
I LOOKED AROUND TO FIND A CARDALL FULL OF MUSH AND GOO.
FOR I WAS TRYING VERY HARD
TO SHOW MY SENTIMENT FOR YOU.
THERE WAS NO CARD THAT I COULD FIND THAT…
49 YEARS!
WE’VE BEEN MARRIED FORTY NINEAND IT’S FINE
WE COULD SAY THAT IT’S A SIGNTHAT WE ALIGNSUN WILL SHINETOE THE LINE
AIN’T IT FINE?
WE’VE BEEN…
Date: 50 Years Plus 4 Days
WHILE THOUGHTS OF THE PAST AND OUR MEMORIES FILL US
I LOOK AT MY WIFEAND I CALL OUT “HEY PILLUS”
FOR THAT’S WHAT SHE’S CALLED…
OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT I EVER DID DO,
THE VERY BESTWAS MARRYING YOU,
AND:
OF ALL THE GOOD THINGSTHAT I’VE EVER DONE,
MARRYING YOUWAS THE VERY BEST…
Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook
Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook
Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook
Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook
Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook
Photocopy of My Card for Phyllis
ONE YEAR AGO I WROTE A POEM,FOR ANNIVERSARY 63,
IT WAS A REAL NICE POEM,
AS NICE AS IT COULD BE,
BUT WHEN I OFFERED IT TO YOU,
I FOUND TO MY DISMAY,
WE’D…
MY LOVE FOR YOU WAS MEANT TO BE,FOR ALL OF TIME – ETERNITY.
I’VE LOVED YOU AS YOUNG LOVERS MUST,WITH FORCE OF PASSION – NEED – AND LUST.
I’VE LOVED YOU AS…
TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ON OUR 63RDWEDDING ANNIVERSARY
MY LOVING WIFE
AS YOU CAN SEE,
YOU’VE SHARED MY LIFEFOR 63.
ALL THIS TIME
WE’VE JUST BEEN…
TO MY PILLUS
FOR SIXTY FOUR
WONDERFUL YEARS
OF MARRIAGE
AT OUR ANNIVERSARY 64,
IT’S STILL MY PILLUS I ADORE.
HOW BLESSED AM I TO SPEND MY LIFE,HAVING…
TO MY PHYLLIS:FOR 65 YEARS OF HAPPINESS
WE KNEW THE THRILL OF LOVE’S BEGINNING
WE PLAYED A GAME WE BOTH WERE WINNING
THE GAME THAT WE PLAYED. WENT THIS…
TO PHYLLIS, MY LOVEFOR OUR ANNIVERSARY 66
PHYLLIS, MY LOVE, DO YOU KNOW THAT IT’S TRUE SEVENTY FOUR, PERCENT OF MY LIFE, I,VE BEEN MARRIED TO YOU?
THOUGH…
KIWANIANS COME IN MANY FORMSBIG AND TALL AND LITTLE
THERE’S THEM THAT’S THINAND THEM THAT’S FATAND THEM THAT’S IN THE MIDDLE
TIME WAS WHEN WE OF MASCULINE…
WE THOUGHT THE MEETING WOULD BE MERRY
IF WE WOULD BRING OUR SECRETARY
WITHOUT THESE GALS WE COULD NOT LIVEBECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE
PBUT, WAIT A…
TODAY OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH JOY CAUSE ALL THESE GIRLS AND JUST ONE BOY
MADE ALL THESE PIES OF EVERY SIZE AND BROUGHT THEM HERE TO SELL YOU GUYS
SO…
POEM ABOUT MYSTERY TRIP 2002
TO CATALINA ISLAND
(This poem will make up in quantity what it lacks in quality)
Now that this trip of mystery,
Has been…
WHEN TIRED OF STANDING ON HIS FEET
YOU’LL FIND HIM SITTING ON HIS SEAT
LINUS CANE IS NOT IN VAIN
IT IS A USEFUL TOOL
WHEN HE’S TIRED OR FEELS IN PAIN
HE’LL…
This jingle was written for Joe Mc Kaskle after he ram rodded the sale of over 1,000 apple trees.
HIS NAME IS JOE
HE’S ON THE GO
HE REALLY FILLED OUR…
Tom Irwin has joined us I feel
For a reason I’ll shortly reveal
He had no chance of eating
With his wife at the meeting
And him sitting home with no meal
This poem is preceded by talk about Bill’s value to the club and about how if he fell short in anything he could just make it up in sheer size.
POEM
A big…
MY LITTLE MARGIE, AS A TOT,CALLED ME DADDY QUITE A LOT
MY GROWING MARGIE, AS A TEEN,CALLED ME DADDY IN BETWEEN
MY ADULT MARGIE, FULLY GROWN,CALLED ME DADDY…
By Myron K. Bore
THE FIRST TIME THAT I MET DIEENSHE WAS ONLY SEVENTEENAND SURE TO BE A BEAUTY QUEEN.
YES THAT’S RIGHT SHE DIDN’T DALLY,SHE BECAME MISS APPLE…
AFFLICTED EAR WHEN AN EAR IS AFFLICTED
IT CAN BE PREDICTED
THAT SOUNDS, ONCE SHARP AND CLEAR,ARE AMONG THE THINGS YOU HARDLY HEAR
EVEN WHEN THE SOURCE IS…
NOW DAYS WE DODDER TO THE DOOR
WE USED TO STRIDE WITH EASE
WE JUST AIN’T GOT IT ANYMORE
WE JUST HAVE MEMORIES
THEN WE DODDER TO THE CARTHEY LET US HAVE A…
WE LIKE OUR BASIC COFFEE POTBUT NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT IT’S GOT
WE LIKE IT MOST FOR WHAT IT’S NOT
IT’S JUST A BASIC COFFEE POT
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO…
SOMETIMES IF YOU’RE NOT A DUNCE
YOU’LL WRITE A POEM ALL AT ONCE
BUT GENERALLY, TO MAKE A RHYMEYOU MUST WORK IT OUT IN LONGER TIME
WHEN ASKED FOR A POEM OF…
Author – actress – benefactress
That’s how we perceive her
And when she speaks to us today
You know we will believe her
For Dale’s a doer, and she…
WHEN I WAS BORN – SO I’VE BEEN TOLDWILLARD WAS ALREADY FOUR YEARS OLD
MY AGE WAS ZERO – AND IT’S PLAIN TO SEEWILLARD WAS INFINITELY OLDER THAN ME
BUT WE…
Anniversary 67, I face it alone
For the love of my life forever is gone
My life now is full of sadness and grief
But the wonderful memories, do bring some…